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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: xxdansigxx on 22 January 2007, 17:58

Title: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: xxdansigxx on 22 January 2007, 17:58

Hi my manifold has a crack in it wich iv'e welded lol did a quick job and it's gone again now this it the pic of the mani:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/fecae2000/22012007285.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/fecae2000/22012007284.jpg)

not even my dog is sure if its right or not lol

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/fecae2000/22012007286.jpg)

and this is the mani on my m8t's gti 16v

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/fecae2000/30122006263.jpg)

now first off i know the second mani is the wrong way around please look past that...

wich one of these mani's should be the standard on a 90-91 mk2 gti 16v??

out cars are only one reg away from each other..

Did they make different ones?

also does anyone know where i can get the top one from iv'e phoned local scrappies without any luck.

thanks Dan

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: turbodub on 22 January 2007, 18:06

Ermm.....the top one is an aftermarket four branch manifold.

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: xxdansigxx on 22 January 2007, 18:23

umm it's only mild steel though :S

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: Uruk Hai on 22 January 2007, 18:57

Your probably better off putting the standard one on as aftermarket four branch manifolds can crack or snap if a vibratech type (solid) engine mount isn't fitted due to the pressure put on the manifold by the movement of the engine.

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: xxdansigxx on 22 January 2007, 19:30

umm iv'e got the uprated engine mounts fitted the engine doesnt move at all lol...

oh well if i cant find another one ill have to repair it again :S

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: Dub-77 on 22 January 2007, 20:18

Do you still need solid mounts even with that flexi joint at the bottom of the downpipe??

Darren

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: xxdansigxx on 23 January 2007, 06:47

not really as you can see from the first pic i have no flexi joint.......

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: NewStu on 23 January 2007, 11:23

A new Stainless Steel 4 Branch manifold will cost anywhere from £250 to £350 and can be bought from loads a places.

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: rubjonny on 24 January 2007, 11:26

Thats still an aftermarket 4 branch, just not stanless. No 16vs got em from the factory, the second pic is what a factory 16v manifold & downpipe look like :)

If you have a solid metal front engine mount, it shouldn't crack, unless its been made out of cheap metal

Title: Re: urgent help needed - re exhaust manifold
Post by: Uruk Hai on 24 January 2007, 18:35

I've known a lot cars with that type of manifold and some of them crack due to the amount of vibration that comes from the engine regardless of the type of engine mount.